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6.2
/10
534 Ratings

L FOR LEISURE

Directed by Lev Kalman, Whitney Horn
United States, Mexico, 2014
Comedy
  • 7373 minutes

Synopsis

Set in the early 1990s, the film features a group of hedonistic students who jet from one upscale vacation spot to the next, tossing off deadpan one-liners about the end of history and race as a social construct along the way. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly.

Synopsis

Set in the early 1990s, the film features a group of hedonistic students who jet from one upscale vacation spot to the next, tossing off deadpan one-liners about the end of history and race as a social construct along the way. Their favourite activity: talking endlessly.

Our take

The feature debut from directors Whitney Horn and Lev Kalman, L for Leisure is a caustically ironic, 90s-set arthouse drama about hedonistic friends on holiday. Equal parts coy and droll, its deadpan and nostalgic recreation of 90s American hipsterism is very reminiscent of Whit Stillman.